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UNITED STATES nunnnrfn Juno, or BnoonLYn/NEW YORK J Letters Patent No. 10163, dated June 14, 18710.y

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all ihom itmag concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT L. J non, of Brooklyn,'in thev county of Kings and Stateof N ew York,

have inventedand-m ndeanuImprovement iny Nails y ihr Pictures, &c., and the following is declared to be a correct description thereof.

In the manufacture of picture-nails, it is usual to I havev an ornamental head that is removable from the body or-nail byrnnscrewing, or otherwise, so that the nail may be driven and then 'the head attached there-- to. This course has been adopted to prevent injury to the ornamental'bead in dliving the nail.

My invention is made for the pufpe 0f allowing" the nail to be driven without the removal of the head, and without risk of injuring the ornamental head, except by' vcz'nelessness.` v

I make use of a nail having a disk around the body of the nail, at asuicient distance from the end of tbe Figure 1 is a view of said nail with the head in se'ci tion, and y Figure 2 is au end view of the nail.

` Tlio-lspikeportion a. of the nailisnf ilsnniljorxlen A sn'ed size, and tapered at oneend.

The driving-'anvil b is on the line of, ora continuo# tion ofthe body of the nail, and the' disk c surrounds the nail at a sufficient distance froml the driving end or anvil b to allow for the introduction of .the orna-l mental disk or surface (l.

I have shown'this ornamental surface d asa i'neifal plate, secured by n. rirn around theedge ofthe disk c,-

buta ring of porcelain or other material may be Aemployed, and the same can be secured bya ring or riin around the edge of vthe disk;

I claim as my inventiono I 1 'l A solid head cast with the nail, and. having avcentral projection that passes through theornamental '4 covering, and is ofsuiiicientstrength for driving the nail, as specified. 1

Dated March 15, A. D. 1870. Viitnesses:

Guns. H. SMITH, Gno. T, IINCKNEY.

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